The Hyssta have arrived on Earth, and only an unholy
alliance between Captain Marvel, the Super Skrull and the Silver Surfer can
save our world from slipping into an alternate universe where reptilian
parallels of our greatest heroes rule!

Issue Synopsis by James "Marvelite" Pedrick:

The story begins fifteen years ago
in a Florida Everglades swamp. There we find Ted and Alice in a
storm right after their airplane crashed. We learn it is their
honeymoon and they are the only survivors of the crash. An alligator
comes at them from behind, so they are forced to climb up a tree during
the lightning storm.

Ted tells Alice that he feels they
were spared from the crash and gators for a reason and suggest they
"do it." Alice says she has saved herself so it would be
special, but then decides to go for it, since it could be their only
change and if they did survive, it would be a great story for their
children.

Fifteen years later, their child,
who is the powerful girl we've been seeing named Kelly, is feeling very
special, as Captain Marvel, Moondragon, Super Skrull, and now the Silver
Surfer are in a standoff to determine the future of the girl's life.

With the Silver Surfer now on the
scene, Rick Jones feels assured that they will easily be able to take down
Super Skrull, whose orders are to kill Kelly. But the Silver Surfer
lets Captain Marvel know that he is not there to take down the bad
guy. He explains that this girl's powers were able to summon him and
transport him to their location, and that he had no choice in the
matter.

Moondragon claims that the extent
of Kelly's powers is not the issue. She then questions if Kelly even
summoned him, but Kelly admits that she did. Moondragon then
says she does not understand her power, but Kelly then says that she
does. She then says that Kelly was afraid and wanted protection, but
Kelly explains that was not true either. Tired of being contradicted,
Moondragon asks the girl what she wants.

Super Skrull then questions why
Moondragon would not just look into Kelly's mind, but Moondragon explains
that Kelly has some type of block. Kelly then invites Moondragon to
scope her mind. Rick and Captain Marvel try to convince Moondragon
not to, but she uses her powers to explore Kelly's mind anyway. When
she does, she falls back and a Hyssta creature (see issue
#1) comes out of her mouth. Genis asks Kelly what she has done,
and she explains that she got into Moondragon's mind when she tried to get
into her's.

The Hyssta then ask where the
being who killed "Captain Marvel" is and Silver Surfer asks why
the creature is after the one who killed Genis' father. But Captain
Marvel explains that he is talking about a different Captain Marvel and
that he'll explain it later.

Elsewhere, Marlo is very pleased
now that she knows Rick was just connected with Captain Marvel and not
afraid of commitment, which her walking ghost, Lorraine, can't understand
because this means Rick's life is even stranger than before. She
then walks into her comic store, only to find no one there. She asks
Al how this is possible, and he explains that they have new
competition. Across the street is the grand opening of Comic Book
Castle.

Meanwhile, Rick is telling Captain
Marvel to ignore the snake and find the girl, who he says is causing
this. He explains that she is making other possible realities
real. Super Skrull, meanwhile, manages to snatch the girl.
Silver Surfer then checks up on Moondragon, who tells him to find the
girl. The Silver Surfer is reluctant though, causing Captain Marvel
to question his motives. The Silver Surfer is furious over this and
says he has cosmic importance on his mind, while Captain Marvel then
storms away asking him to get out of his way if he is going to let a
Skrull pulp an earth girl.

At the same time, Super Skrull
asks Kelly is she would like to help the Skrulls, which gets
Intelligentsia upset because he was ordered just to kill the girl.
Super Skrull insists he knows what is best and evidently does not want to
kill the girl. Captain Marvel then attacks Super Skrull.
Through the battle, Rick can sense tension between Genis and Super Skrull
because one is Kree and the other is Skrull. He questions why Genis
would want to kill Super Skrull, but would turn away from his alien habits
of killing menaces in other cases. Rick insists it is not the time.

Moondragon and Silver Surfer are
then speeding toward the girl's location, as Silver Surfer explains he is
cautious because Galactus said in his last words that he must protect a
coming evil and that he does not know if that girl's power could be that
evil.

Silver Surfer then arrives and
says they must settle this quickly. Captain Marvel questions why he
would want to rush to judgment, and he answers that the girl's moods could
lead toward rapid changes in the situation. At which point, Kelly
gives an example of that by summoning many reptile/alien creatures from
other realities to the scene.

The girl then explains that she is
causing this and that they can stop it by killing her. Silver Surfer
then charges forward with his power surging, as Captain Marvel tackles
him. The Surfer then calls Captain Marvel an idiot and explains that
he was going to stop the Super Skrull from taking Kelly, which he had done
and was now heading toward Intelligentsia, who insists she will not be
defied by Super Skrull or any of these other beings.

This has got to be one of the
best issues yet. The artwork on all the characters was awesome and the
story was fantastic. Rick Jones continues to bring smart comic
relief. Silver Surfer's appearance also worked real well. It
looks like he may be around for a while (preview art from issue #11 at the
Comic-Con shows him still hanging around in the book then!) The guest
appearance of both him and Super Skrull seems to bring back the
characteristics seen in Captain Marvel from his early Silver Surfer
appearances and his volume 1 days. It is also great to see the
Galactus: The Devourer storyline used in the Silver Surfer, instead of
simply ignoring the implications of that mini-series. Now, Norrin Radd
is left wondering if each coming threat is the big one foretold by
Galactus! Kelly's appearance also seems to be working out well, as she
seems to have the hardest time getting someone to kill her... even Super
Skrull won't do it now! Lastly, Marlo's small part in this story seems
very interesting and makes the future look even better... it's obvious
Captain Marvel may be needed to help her store compete against Comic Book
Castle - and what do you know, the previews for issue #12 hint at just
that!

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